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巍

巍 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 高く大きいさま。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「委」+音符「嵬/*ŋˤuiʔ/」。「たかい」を意味する漢語「巍/*ŋui/」を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

high

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ギ
Kun (native)
  • たか(い)
Nanori (used in names)
  • たかし
Other languages
  • 拼音wei1
  • 拼音wei2
  • 한글oe
  • Hán-ViệtNguy

Basics

Strokes
21 strokes
Radical
巛(かわ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+5DCD

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱山魏

Words using this kanji

  • 巍然ぎぜん高くそびえたつこと。 ぬきんでて偉大であること。towering (as mountains do), of outstanding greatness (as a person)
  • 巍々ぎぎtowering (mountains), soaring, lofty, majestic
  • 巍峨ぎが山などが高くそびえること。また、そのようなさま。towering, soaring, lofty

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(3 results)

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